I read somewhere that Mark Renshaw said Cav has an extra 10kph on him when they are both going hammer-and-tong. Obviously Renshaw is no Greipel, but he is certainly no slouch either!!

The footage of Cav come over Hushovd and burning off Pettachi in Paris was mighty impressive. When he is on, I don't think anybody will beat him, but I would be interested to see Greipel get a few early ones over him and see what the response is...

Mr.SMark Renshaw should possibly spend more time and attention, on moving in thedirection of the finish, and less on "headbutts" and running other riders off line,and he may be able to make up that 10Kph. (and while we are at it Chav, might be a better rider if he stuck to a straight line while sprinting)Cheers,BrentonO

Lone Rider- I rode on the long, dark road... before I danced under the lights.

24 year old Manuel Belleti has scored his second win of the season by winning the Coppa Bernocchi today. The sprinter of the CSF-Colnago team, also winner of the Giro D'Italia stage to Cesenatico, was the best in the sprint over Lampre's Danilo Hondo and the winner of five stages in the recent Tour de France Mark Cavendish. Daniele Colli and Daniele Bennati finished fourth and fifth.

For Belletti it's likely his most beautiful win in his career beating lots of top sprinters. Coppa Agostoni winner Francesco Gavazzi (Lampre) secured his overall win in the Trittico Lombardo (the prize for the best results in the three one-day races). Gavazzi got a diamond with a total worth of 10.000 Euros.

brentono wrote:Mr.SMark Renshaw should possibly spend more time and attention, on moving in thedirection of the finish, and less on "headbutts" and running other riders off line,and he may be able to make up that 10Kph. (and while we are at it Chav, might be a better rider if he stuck to a straight line while sprinting)Cheers,BrentonO

Don't disagree at all mate - and if they both went straight line for the finish, Andre will have very little chance...

Greipel may have a nice amount of points...but TDU,Poland,Austria & Turkey will do that for you.Not that he has had the chance this year to do anything bigger apart from at the Giro (where he did OK but nothing amazing).Omega Pharma Lotto is starting to get some pretty strong GC riders coming thru as well.

I don't have the stats on hand, but I would expect that Greipel would have raced many more days than Cav this year (due to health, attitude and other issues which are probably irrelevant in this thread), and so would expect him to have more points.

I am not the greatest fan of either of the blokes, but at the same time I cannot wait to see them head to head, and see Cavs reactions should Andre get a few wins over him I just hope Im not disappointed...

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